Odochi Emeka, a labourer in Lagos, has received N75, 000 support from two BusinessDay readers to pay her children’s school fees.
The widow and mother of five was featured in this section of Thursday, June 1, 2017, where she said paying her children’s school fees and reviving her foodstuff business were her biggest challenges.
‘‘My children are not in school because there is no money to pay their school fees. I want my children to go back to school. It’s painful watching them cry because other children are in school and they aren’t.
‘‘I also want to go back to my business so I can take good care of my children again,’’ Emeka told BusinessDay earlier.
In a letter to BusinessDay, Henrietta Odiari, legal head, McDaniel Nominees Limited commended BusinessDay for assisting the needy in the society.
‘‘Our managing director after reading about the plight of a widow (Odochi Emeka) from Abia was moved with compassion and decided to give a token of N50,000 in support of her children’s education,’’ the letter read in part.
The widow also received N25, 000 from an anonymous reader for her children’s tuition fees, bringing the donation to N75,000.
Presenting the cheque of N75, 000 to the beneficiary last week Wednesday, Chuks Oluigbo, assistant editor, BDSUNDAY, advised Odochi to use the money judiciously.
‘‘This money should come as a relief. There are a lot of people out there looking for this kind of opportunity. Ensure you use the money for what it was intended for,’’ Oluigbo advised.
The labourer who was overjoyed thanked her donors immensely for their assistance.
In her words, ‘‘God will bless you and your generation for wiping away our tears. You will be favoured all the days of your life, your pockets will not run dry and you will never see sorrow.’’
On what she will do with the money, she says, ‘‘I will pay my children’s schools fees first. That is the most important thing on my mind right now.’’
CHINWE AGBEZE
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